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Colorado’s Travis Hunter named to 2024 Lott IMPACT watch list

Buffs two-way player looking to add more hardware in his final season
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Colorado Buffaloes standout Travis Hunter has been on everyone’s radar since earning a spot on the cover of EA Sports College Football 25. He's also looking to add more hardware to his trophy case.

Hunter was named to the Lott IMPACT Trophy watch list on Monday. The former top overall recruit is coming off a great season with the Buffs after being named the 2023 Paul Hornung Award winner. The generational talent is expected to be one of the highest NFL Draft picks Colorado has ever produced. He brings an explosive playmaking ability that remains unmatched and will be a problem against top-tier Big 12 QB’s. Additionally, he was the highest-rated five-star to commit to Deion Sanders while at Jackson State in 2022.

The Lott IMPACT Trophy honors college football’s best in character and performance. The award is unique because it represents the first college football award to give equal weight to personal character as well as athletic performance from a defensive college player, and is the first national college football award based on the West Coast.

The award is given annually to individuals who demonstrate excellence in the field of athletics and recognizes college football’s Defensive Player of the Year who best exemplifies the IMPACT acronym: Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community and Tenacity.

Hunter was the first CU player to make the watch list since the awards’ inception in 2004. He'll likely be one of the front-runners deep into the finalist round later in the season. Colorado opens the 2024 campaign against FCS powerhouse North Dakota State on August 29th at 8 p.m. ET.

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Josh Tolle
JOSH TOLLE

Josh Tolle is a writer covering college sports for On SI. Outside of storytelling, the multi-talented broadcaster has play-by-play experience at the professional and collegiate levels. In 2018, he began calling games for the National Women’s Soccer League. He has also called games for the United Soccer League, Concacaf, and the U.S. Open Cup. He has called hockey for the Premier Hockey Federation for the past three seasons and was the play-by-play voice for the Superior RoughRiders of the Western Hockey League. He has provided play-by-play for various other sports including football, basketball, baseball and volleyball events. Since 2015, Tolle has been the voice of Colorado School of Mines Athletics having called football, men's and women's basketball and soccer. He previously wrote for SB Nation.

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